THE classical theory of the mechanism of production of the carbonate fraction of the calcium carbonate of the hen's egg shell is that of Gutowska and Mitchell 1. This theory makes use of the ...

Clams called Heart cockles, found in the warm, equatorial waters of the Indo-Pacific, have a mutually beneficial relationship ...

Calcium carbonate is referred to as "nature's ceramic" because of its strength—egg shells, surprisingly enough, are as strong as bones, and some egg shells are tough enough to support a human being.

Ocean acidification can negatively affect marine life, causing organisms' shells and skeletons made from calcium carbonate to dissolve. The more acidic the ocean, the faster the shells dissolve. By ...

have the ability to recognise shells suitable for occupation not only by feeling for them, but apparently also by measuring the minute amount of calcium carbonate that is dissolved in the water around ...

New findings, published today in Royal Society Open Science, have revealed that changes in ocean density have a significant impact on the rate at ...

Tiny, solid windows in the shells of heart cockles let in light for the photosynthetic algae inside them – and they could ...

A team of marine biologists, ecologists and evolutionary specialists from the University of Chicago, Stanford University and ...